verules
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Etymology edit
Plural of (one spelling of) virole; related to veruled.
Noun edit
verules
- (heraldry) A bearing consisting of a series of concentric rings.
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- Thomas Robson (engraver.) (1830) The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland:
- VERULES. See VIRES. / VERULED, or FERRILED, [French, virole, enguiché] terms used to express the ornamental rings round hunting-horns, &c. / [...] / VIRES, VERULES, or FERRILS, [Latin armillae] a name given by French heralds to annulets, or great rings, when borne in arms, one within another, with the same centre.